> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lee Goddard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 07 June 2001 11:14
> To: Perl_Users
> Subject: Regex Question: splitting at a point unless part of a quoted
> substring
> I need to split a string at all full-stops '.'
> unless they are part of a sub-string within quotes.
> Should I manually loop over the file, setting flags,
> or can I do this with a regular expression?
If it is safe to assume all quotes are safe to use i.e. not escaped somehow
then a regex will suffice or perhaps the use of the balanced text module (I
forget the name, prolly Text::Balanced).
Michael Erskine (MSEmtd)
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